Understand the business context.
What the application does, who depends on it and why the current technical situation has become a problem now.
The first conversation is free. Tell us what the application does, what changed, what is worrying you and what you need from the next technical owner. You will speak directly with the developer who would work on the system if we continue.
You do not need to prepare a technical brief. The purpose of this step is to establish context and decide whether there is a sensible next step for both sides.
What the application does, who depends on it and why the current technical situation has become a problem now.
Framework, age, hosting, known pain points, previous developers, urgency and anything already known about risk or performance.
If there is a fit, the next step may be a paid assessment, a clearly scoped piece of work, or simply a recommendation that NoRewrite is not the right service for the situation.
This form is not an application or a technical questionnaire. It gives us enough context to reply intelligently and decide whether a conversation is useful.
GOOD / STARTING MESSAGESWe can discuss symptoms, history and likely engagement shape. Repository review, architecture analysis, risk mapping and technical recommendations belong to the paid assessment because they require actual investigation and create a real deliverable.